thank you for joining us. it is good to have you here. when we get a new president in this country or when we get a president re-elected for a new term, that president is inoculated. he or someday she is sworn in to start a new presidential term in january. that is why it is always so cold. january 20 is when it happens. that has only been true since the 1930s. up until the 1930s, presidents did not get inaugurated in january. they waited another two months and didn t get inaugurated until march. last time a president got inaugurated on the old day in march was march 4, 1933. that was one president franklin delano roosevelt cuts one in for the first time. that was also the last time we as a country would have to wait that whole four months after the election before we left the new president take over. after we had that first inauguration in march, 1933, we moved the date earlier and back to january. we actually had to amend the united states constitution in order to make
mason temple in memphis was hacked. memphis was a city in mourning, grappling with unrest over the deaths of two black employees of a memphis department of public work. employees that were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths. today, under the slogan i am a man, more than 1000 black appointees were on strike, and tensions were rising. despite a bad thunderstorm that april 9th, the room was filled. there was one man that the crowd wanted to hear from. martin luther king junior, who visited memphis twice before. he was trying to help the black workers get a living wage, and decent working conditions. that night, he was back. he was delivering what would be his final speech, the night before he was assassinated. dr. king began his famous mountaintop speech by saying that something is happening in memphis, something is happening in our world. we have been forced to a point where we are going to have to struggl
cycle, there s a lot to talk about ron klain about. he s so smart, and has such a fascinating experience. i can t wait to see our interview, lawrence. i wish i could say we got to it. all but we only have one show. thanks, alex. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, in an overflow gathering in the white house eastern today, president biden said his formal for well to the longest serving first white house chief of staff of any democratic president, ron klain. ron klain, in an unusual switch of roles with the president then stepped up to the microphone filled with emotion, to give his thanks to the president, his family, the biden staff, and the cabinet. ron klain will join us in a moment. the white house farewell to ron klain happen in the middle of a busy news day that began with the news of a new fbi search of president biden s beach house in delaware, a search that found no additional classified documents. the fbi search was planned and conducted without a search wa
in trying to pull out his experience and wisdom, because i know it is there. that s what you re going to see tonight in our discussion with ron klain, which amounts to his last word exit interview, as he prepares to leave white house chief of staff. and he has served, as you know, as the longest serving first chief of staff to democratic president ever. and we re going to have some of that discussion, to begin with news of the day tonight. well, it is such an important interview. the time he spent in the white house from the aftermath of january 6th to the conclusion of the january six committee, the eve of the new presidential cycle, there s a lot to talk about ron klain about. he s so smart, and has such a fascinating experience. i can t wait to see our interview, lawrence. i wish i could say we got to it. all but we only have one show. thanks, alex. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, in an overflow gathering in the white house eastern today, president biden sa
under president donald trump, christopher miller he served in the position immediately following the 2020 election until president biden took office. he is out this week with a new book titled, soldier secretary. warnings from the battlefield and the pentagon about america s most dangerous enemies when we watched on january 6th, did you not than have any concerns coming out of that day? about how far trump could potentially go, when you saw what happened up on capitol hill, you sounded like you were very calm? i just never saw any indications of that. i was not on the political side, or remember, we put 25 national guard troops on capitol hill, way after that was going on, so the dynamics changed considerably. i never once thought that the president was going to try to stay in power beyond inauguration. so let s talk about drewsville for. there those are over there late. i completely disagree with, you jonathan, and wait, go ahead, i m sorry, i m in your house, i shou